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Private Health Plans: Managed Care">Private Health Plans: Managed Care
- Private Health Plans: Managed Care">Private Health Plans: Managed Care
Managed care health plans (including HMOs, PPOs, and other arrangements) provide health insurance coverage and deliver care through a designated provider n
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Medicare Supplement Insurance">Medicare Supplement Insurance
- Medicare Supplement Insurance">Medicare Supplement Insurance
Under Traditional Medicare (also called Original Medicare), beneficiaries have cost-sharing responsibilities that can be substantial if they have a serious
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Retiree Health Coverage">Retiree Health Coverage
- Retiree Health Coverage">Retiree Health Coverage
The availability of health benefits is a key factor in retirement decisions for most workers.
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Health Care Coverage: Medicare">Health Care Coverage: Medicare
- Health Care Coverage: Medicare">Health Care Coverage: Medicare
Medicare was enacted in 1965 as a national social insurance program to help people age 65 and older obtain and pay for medical care.
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AARP Medicare Principles">AARP Medicare Principles
- AARP Medicare Principles">AARP Medicare Principles
Ensure equity—Medicare should remain a social insurance program th
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Medicare Benefits and Financing">Medicare Benefits and Financing
- Medicare Benefits and Financing">Medicare Benefits and Financing
Medicare coverage has four parts.
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Medicare Program Administration and Outreach">Medicare Program Administration and Outreach
- Medicare Program Administration and Outreach">Medicare Program Administration and Outreach
Medicare beneficiaries can be confused by the complexities of the program’s benefits and payment rules, as well as by the broad array of choices involving
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Prescription Drugs in Medicare">Prescription Drugs in Medicare
- Prescription Drugs in Medicare">Prescription Drugs in Medicare
Until the 2006 introduction of Medicare Part D (Drug Coverage), Medicare covered very few prescriptions outside of hospital settings.
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Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid">Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid
- Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid">Quality and Consumer Protection in Medicaid
As required by the Affordable Care Act, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a recommended core set of health quality measures for M
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Expansion of Health Care Coverage">Expansion of Health Care Coverage
- Expansion of Health Care Coverage">Expansion of Health Care Coverage
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is the broadest major reform of public and private health care.